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OHATBLAINE.

No. 258,945. Patented June 6; 1882.

UNIT D STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS RICHARDS, OFJERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

CHATELAlNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,945, dated June 6, 1882. Application filed April 1-1, 1882. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern: 7

Beit known that I, THOMAS W. RICHARDS, a citizen of the United States, residing in J ersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ohatelaiues, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The memoranda tablets and books and the calling and card books usually carried by ladies are generally of very fine and elegant make, so that some sort of protection therefor which shall preserve them from warping, becoming soiled, and otherwise damaged, and particularly of that form which shall best shield the edges of such books without entirely hiding the (usually ornamented) cover thereof, is desirable.

My invention has for its object the providingof such protection, and it relates to improveme'nts in that class of jewelry worn by ladies at the waist, and known as chatelaines and it consists in so constructing a chatelaine that itshall serve as a convenient case or receptacle for carrying and protecting a memorandum-book and pencil, to which case, as a single article and as the chatelaine is commonly used, can be attached the usual charms or ornamental dependants. Books guarded by such a case retain their elegant finish very much longer than those unprotected in any such way, and hence can be used till complete 1y filled, whereas ordinarily they are discard edlong before their entire serviceableness is availed of, because of the worn appearance of their bindings. Thus it will be seen an article of mere ornamentation alone, and of but little practical value in itself, is utilized to a practical end and in such a manner as to combine usefulness with all requisite ornamental efl'ect- In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 isa detail view of the pencil-supports, and Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the plane as a: of Fig. 1.

The letter A indicates the frame or'body of the chatelaine, made of thin sheet metal and formed to inclose the edges of a memorandumbook, B, but which is sufficiently narrow to leave the greater part of the cover of such book exposed. The top or one side of this case is left open for the insertion and withdrawal of the book B, the top as illustrated in Fig. 1 being, however, preferable. Achain, O, hooking over the hooks a, suspends the frame A from a clasp, D, which passes under the belt of the wearer; or, if preferred, a pin may be used in the place of clasp D and the chatelaine hung from any other part of the wearers dress.

From the sides of theframe A the pencilholders E E project toward each other without meeting. One of these holders is hollow and contains a spring-bolt, e, which spans the intervening space between them, passing through the end ring, f, of the'pencil F, and, in connection with the pencil-point support f, holds the pencil'firmly secured to the frame A. When the pencil is to be used the bolt 0 is retracted and the pencil readily removed, 7

and it is easily and quickly returned to place by inserting the ring f between the ends of the holders E E, thus bearing against the beveled face of the bolt 0 and causing it to retreat till theiring has passed over it, when it snaps forward, and, through the ring or the bolt e can be held back while the pencil is in use by engaging with the snap-catch e, to be released when it is again needed to retain the pencil. 1

Other chains and hooks,-as represented at G, may be attached to the frame A, from which a handkerchief, fan, charm, or like article can be suspended, as the fancy of the wearer may suggest.

The invention herein described is primarily intended to be used in combination with a memorandum-book; but it is also available for its particular purposes in conjunction with memorauda-tablets or a card-book or case or a calling-book.

It will be evident that otherforms ofspring detent may be used to secure the pencil instead of the spring-bolt here shown, and that the pencil-ring can be dispensed with and the end of the pencil-holder shaped to partially encircle the end of the. pencil; also, that the auxiliary support E is not an essential, as the pencil might be held in as'pringdoop working in the holder E; or the holder E can be ar ranged to bear against some part of the frame.

What I claim as new is- 1. As a new article of jewelry and ornamenvided with a spring arranged to retain one end tation, a chatelaine consisting essentially of of a. pencil, and a pencil-point support, sub- 10 an open frame adapted to receive a memoranstantially as set forth.

dam-book whereby convenient means is at- ,1 5 forded for carrying such book and protecting LHOS' RICHARDS its edges, substantially as described. Witnesses:

2. In a chatelaine, the combination of an JAMES S. GREVES,

open frame, a pencil-holder on such frame pro- R. F. GAYLQRD. 

